충주 박씨(忠州 朴氏) — The clan traces its founder to Park Yeong, who passed the civil examination in Goryeo and rose to vice-director, and is known for producing figures such as Chief State Councillor Park Sun.
The clan traces its founder to Park Yeong, who passed the civil examination in Goryeo and rose to vice-director, and is known for producing figures such as Chief State Councillor Park Sun. In the 2015 Census the 충주 박씨 clan numbered about 34,226 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 박, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 충주) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Chanseong-gong-pa, Sochon-gong-pa
The Chanseong-gong branch descends from Park Ji-heung; his settling at Songjeong-ri in Gwangju is said to have begun the Honam line.
His sons Park Sang and Park U were known in literati circles, and U's son Park Sun became Chief State Councillor. The founder's hanja and generation counts differ by source, so please check the genealogy.
The Sochon-gong branch is described as the line of the Imjin War volunteer leader Park I-ryong, who is said to have lived near Gimcheon. The hanja of the branch name and whether he is formally its founder were not confirmed in this survey.
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
박영(founder·Goryeo vice-director), 박상(Jungjong-era official·pen name Nuljae), 박우(Inspector-General·pen name Yukbong), 박순(Chief State Councillor under Seonjo·pen name Saam), 박이룡(Imjin War volunteer leader), 박동형(Bunmu merit subject), 박용철(poet·Simunhak), 박찬호(baseball pitcher)
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The Chungju Park takes Chungju in North Chungcheong as its seat. Founder Park Yeong (朴英) is said to have passed the civil examination in Goryeo and risen to vice-director, adopting Chungju, where his forebears lived, as the seat. Chungju was originally Baekje's Nangjagok fortress and became Gugwonseong after Goguryeo took it. The family motto is given as "Pass down loyalty and filial piety, keep harmony for generations."
It is counted among the so-called "eight Park seats" (Miryang, Bannam, Hamyang, Suncheon, Muan, Juksan, Goryeong and Chungju). A tradition based on the Seonghwabo compiled under King Seongjong traces it to Eon-chang, Grand Prince Sabeol, fifth son of Silla's King Gyeongmyeong, but the clan is said not to accept a link with the Sangju and Pyeongtaek Park, who also claim Eon-chang's descent. The princely descent should therefore be read as a family tradition.
The 2015 census counted 34,226 (27,486 in 2000), with many in Seoul and Daejeon. The best-known base is Doma-dong and Munji-dong in Daejeon, with the Chuwonsa and Yeongmojae halls and Park Sun's study near the founder's tomb. Members also settled across Chungcheong (Gongju, Nonsan, Gyeryong, Geumsan, Yeongdong, Cheongju, Jecheon), Honam (Iksan, Songjeong-ri in Gwangju, Naju) and North Gyeongsang (Gimcheon, Sangju). Around the time of Park Gwang-ri, deputy magistrate of Gaeseong in late Goryeo, brothers Park Jin and Park So are said to have left Gaeseong and settled near Daejeon.
After Park Ji-heung settled at his in-laws' home in Songjeong-ri, Gwangju, his descendants produced the brothers Park Jeong, Park Sang and Park U and later a Grand Academician and a Chief State Councillor, so that Gwangju was nicknamed the land of "Gi-Go-Bak" (Haengju Gi, Jangheung Go and Chungju Park) in Joseon.
Park Sang (pen name Nuljae), son of Park Ji-heung, is known for criticizing the old meritocrats after the Jungjong Restoration and petitioning for Queen Danggyeong's restoration. Park U (pen name Yukbong) served as Gangwon governor and Inspector-General, and his son Park Sun (pen name Saam), a pupil of Seo Gyeong-deok and first-place passer, became Chief State Councillor under Seonjo and was counted among the incorruptible officials. The clan produced around twenty civil-examination passers in Joseon.
Park I-ryong raised volunteers at his own expense in the Imjin War, and Park Sa-jin is said to have died at Geumsan. Park Dong-hyeong (Sowadang) informed on Park Pil-hyeon and his son in the 1728 Yi In-jwa rebellion, was made a Bunmu merit subject and Prince Chungwon, and his merit-subject portrait is a Korean Treasure.
The clan is said to divide into the Chungcheong line (the majority, descended from the nine middle-ancestor brothers living near Daejeon), the Jeonnam line that began when Park Ji-heung settled in Songjeong-ri, and the Sochon-gong branch of Park I-ryong's descendants near Gimcheon. Branch founders include Park Hyo-ham (Gangneung-gong), Park Chung-ham (Champan-gong), Park Sin-ham (Jipui-gong), Park Je-ham (Jeju-gong), Park Ui-heung (Chamui-gong) and Park Ji-heung (Chanseong-gong). Details vary by source, so please check the genealogy.
The Simunhak poet Park Yong-cheol is listed as a Chungju Park, and the baseball pitcher Park Chan-ho appears in the Namuwiki clan article.
A Chungju Park clan association is known to exist, but its public website and generation names were not confirmed in this survey.
The 충주 박씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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